C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)

It's currently in Cas approaching the vicinity of NGC 7789 over the next few days. SkyTool's reports it's current magnitude at 8.6. I hope to get a look at it with my 90mm and binoculars some time this week.

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I made an attempt with my 90mm last night from a Bortle 3 site but I couldn't spot the comet although transparency was very poor. There was a lot of moisture in the air. I'll try again sometime soon I hope.

I saw it myself as well near M52 with my 200mm. A noticeably brighter nucleus and circular coma. Had my final look at Comet PanSTARRS the same night. Tried for Comet LINEAR in Cyg but couldn't spot it. Two out of three ain't bad.

I got a view of Comet Lemmon through my 10" Dob on July 6th. My notes:

Lemmon's coma was concentrated and round like an unresolved globular cluster, but had an off-center stellar pseudonucleus. A faint cyan tinge was visible in the inner coma. Coma diameter was about 3.5'. A very faint, fuzzy tail was visible to the SSW, no more than 10' in length. Sketch: http://skytour.homes...12F6-130706.jpg